...This paper is critically assess a range of future strategic directions of Accor Hotels Group, illustrating how competitive advantage can be achieved and consider suitable ways of implementing a change in strategic direction. Accor is the world’s leading hotel operator, has 45 years of experience. Its hotels spread over 92 countries with 4,400 hotels, the hotel brands from Luxury to budget – Sofitel, Pullman, MGallery, Novotel, Suite Novotel, Mercure, Adagio, ibis, all seasons/ibis Styles, Etap Hotel/Formule 1/ibis budget, hotel F1 and Motel 6. For future growth, Accor believes “…the foundations for future growth with the goal of becoming the hospitality industry’s global benchmark and providing customers with a unique, constantly renewed hotel experience.” (Annual report 2011 p.14) In order to meet the organization goal, Accor has formulated its future strategic directions “reinventing on its brands, strengthening the relationship with customers, global expansion, reinvent hotels sustainably, and developing people.” (Accor Annual report 2011 p.13) In 2011, Accor launched the project of modifying the existing economy brands – Ibis family. “A major project was launched for our economy brands, in partnership with our franchisees. Its purpose is to modernize and clarify our offer and make ibis the uncontested world leader in the economy segment… (Accor Annual Report 2011, p.3) As the global economy changing, some experience travelers may not consider luxury hotels but economy...
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...HND Hospitality Management Assignment brief | Qualification | BTEC HND Level 5 Hospitality Management (QCF) | Unit number and title | Unit 3 : Customer service | Start date | 1/11/2012 | Deadline | 22/11/2012 | Assessor name | Pratika Teyssedou | | Assignment title | Customer Service Scene: Ibis Hotels | The Purpose of this assignment is to: Understanding of customer service policies and the purpose of promoting a customer-focused culture and to gain skills to provide customer service. | Scenario : Ibis Hotels, the worldwide economy hotel brand of the Accor group, offers consistent quality accommodation and services in all its hotels, for the best local value: a well-designed and fully-equipped en-suite bedroom, major hotel services available 24/7 and a wide choice of on-site food and beverage options.As a world player in the economy hotel sector, Ibis Hotels is the European pioneer and leader in its market. It stands out because it is able to provide top quality services and amenities within a convivial atmosphere at the best value for money.Established on all five continents, Ibis is developing a worldwide network of ideally located, simple, modern and friendly hotels.Ibis offers all the facilities expected from a modern hotel, provided by dynamic teams committed to meeting customer needs round the clock. What’s more, Ibis is the first hotel chain to be awarded ISO 9001 certification in recognition of its services quality level.Because...
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...Overview This Research Paper evaluates the various techniques and modes of business communication followed in the hospitality sector. The main objectives of the research are listed below: 1. To understand and evaluate the communication system of a specific organization under Hospitality sector. 2. To evaluate the communication system during a crisis. 3. To evaluate the communication system that is used to convey any change in the organization i.e. Change Communication. The organization in focus for the study is Accor Hospitality, which is based in Hyderabad. Data for the purpose has been collected through Telephonic interview. The Table given below displays the various contents of the research paper. 1. Introduction to effective communication 2. Hospitality Industry 3. Introduction to Accor Hospitality 4. Interview Questions & Answers 5. Conclusion and new trends in communication INTRODUCTION The word “communication” derived from the Latin word ‘communicare’ that means to impart, to Participate, to share or to make common. It is a process of exchange of facts, ideas and opinions as a means that individual or organization share meaning and understanding with one another. In other words, it is a transmission and interacting the facts, ideas, opinion, feeling and attitudes. It is the ability of mankind to communicate across barriers and beyond boundaries that has ushered the progress of mankind. It is the ability of fostering speedy and effective...
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...Ibis Hotels, le leader de l’hôtellerie économique en Europe Introduction Le développement de la chaîne hôtelière IBIS est extrêmement lié à la politique mise en place au sein du groupe ACCOR, groupe auquel appartient IBIS ainsi que d'autres chaînes hôtelières comme Etap hôtel, Formule 1, Mercure… mais aussi des entreprises de restauration et d'agences de voyages… Groupe multi-activités et de renommée internationale. Le premier hôtel Ibis a vu le jour en 1974 et depuis le nombre d'hôtels ne cesse de croître chaque année et surtout Ibis ne cesse d'étendre sa zone d'influence au niveau mondial. Le concept d'hôtellerie économique a donc su séduire les clients et combler une forte carence du marché hôtelier français. C'est pourquoi dans une première partie, nous étudierons l'environnement d'Ibis avec une présentation de l'industrie de l'hôtellerie et des principaux concurrents qui se font face dans ce domaine à fort potentiel. Ensuite, dans une seconde partie, nous procéderons à une analyse interne : présentation de l'entreprise puis analyse et évaluation de sa stratégie. Nous pourrons ainsi définir des perspectives d'évolution pour les hôtels IBIS d'après ses choix stratégiques et ses possibilités d'investissements. 1. Définition du domaine d’activité stratégique d’Ibis et démarche du diagnostic externe Ibis a pour domaine d’activité stratégique l’hôtellerie économique ou « moyen de gamme » avec service de restauration selon les hôtels. Nous...
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...ACCOR HOTEL ORGANISATION CHART OVERVIEW This document contains a brief outline of the departments within a hotel and the various position available within each department. If you have any questions please contact the following: Felicia Giordimaina Diversity Coordinator Phone: +61 (0)2 9280 9615 Felicia.Giordimaina@accor.com Accor Hotel Organisational Chart General Manager Finance Sales and Marketing & Conference & Catering Sales Executive Assistant Manager Human Resources PA to the General Manager Rooms Division F&B Kitchen Technical Services Housekeeping Front Office Revenue / Reservations Duty Management Food and Beverage Department Food & Beverage Director Restaurant Manager Bar Manager Banquet Manager Supervisor Supervisor Supervisor F&B Attendant F&B Attendant F&B Attendant Front Office Department Front Office Manager Assistant Front Office Manager Communications Manager Bell Desk Manager Concierge Manager Guest Relations Manager Front Office Supervisor Communications Supervisor Bell Desk Supervisor Concierge Supervisor Guest Relations Supervisor Receptionist Communications Team member Porter Concierge Guest Relations Officer Housekeeping Department Executive Housekeeper Assistant Executive Housekeeper Supervisor Room Attendant Technical Services / Engineering Department Technical Services Manager/ Chief Engineer Assistant Chief Engineer Trade Person / Supervisor Handyman Chefs Department Executive Chef** Sous Chef**...
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...Accor has embarked on a project that involves reinvent its business model by leveraging the complementarity between its two historical fields of expertise: operating and franchising hotels, and owning and investing in hotels. The Group is now organized around two strategic divisions – HotelServices and HotelInvest – and they both have clearly defined and differentiated agendas. in 2010, Accor become a pure-player in the hotel business. Having demerged from its service business, Accor intends to its strengths to step up the implementation of its strategy and provide its growth: comprehensive brand portfolio suited to needs, unique know how as the world largest hotel operator, a leadership position in four continents and a business model with sound fundamental that withstood the economical crisis Since its separation from the service business, Accor SA had followed an ambitious expansions strategy, mainly focusing on emerging markets, the expansion has been concentrated in the three booming economies’ Asian countries: China, India and Indonesia with limited growth in Australia and Vietnam. Accor’s main focus was to boost and concentrate its level of activity in fast growing economies outside Europe. With the sale of some of the group’s related businesses such as Casino and Catering, and mostly with the sale and leaseback of the group’s owned hotel properties in Europe and North America, Accor found its funded its expansion into faster growth segments and regions. Accor felt...
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...Muzi Li Xinyi Wang Laura Petit Walter Camille Davenel December, the 17th, 2012 Corporate Finance : Financial analysis of Accor camille.davenel@gmail.com Table Of Contents I) Introduction 2 II) Economic environment 2 1) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 2 2) Interest rate 3 III) Industry environment 5 1) Life cycle of Hotel Industry: 5 2) Hotel industry tendencies 5 3) Identify and positioning with competitors 6 4) Research & Development Fees 7 5) Competitors & Hotel industry ratios 7 IV) The company: Accor 7 1) SWOT Analysis: 8 a. ACCOR/IHG/Starwood 9 V) Global Analysis of ACCOR 10 1) Year by year 10 a. 2009: 10 b. 2010: 11 c. 2011: 11 2) Analysis of ratios 12 a. Return on Equity (ROE) 12 b. Net Profit Margin 13 c. Asset turnover 14 d. Financial leverage multiplier 15 e. Total debt 16 VI) Conclusion 17 VII) Bibilography 18 VIII) Annexes 19 Introduction * 2011 ended on positive statistics concerning hotel groups’ growth: every leader is engaged into a worldwide run, because their bank account strength depends on a geographic balance between risks and opportunities. Important hotel groups have enhanced franchise development in 2010 and have increased their number of rooms, some going beyond 600 000. For several years now, Intercontinental Hotel Group is the world leader, but it is followed by three others American groups, Hilton Worldwide, Wyndham Worldwide and Marriott...
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...GIE-6084 Stratégie de l'entreprise internationale Professeur : Zhan Su CAS ACCOR Étude de la planification stratégique du groupe Accor au travers de l'acquisition de la firme Motel 6 Sommaire 1. Analyse de l’environnement 3 1.1 Analyse de l’industrie de l’hôtellerie 3 1.2 Analyse du micro-environnement 4 Accor 4 Motel 6 5 2. Mandat 6 3. SWOT de l’entreprise 6 Diagnostic interne d’Accor 7 Diagnostic interne de Motel 6 8 Diagnostic externe du secteur de l’hôtellerie 9 4. Options stratégiques 9 Statu Quo 10 Intégration à la structure organisationnelle 11 5. Implantation de la Solution 11 6. Recommandations 13 7. CONCLUSION 14 8. ANNEXE 1 : Nombre d’hotelS a construire 15 9. ANNEXE 2 : rythme de croissance 15 1. Analyse de l’environnement Afin de bien connaître le milieu dans lequel évolue le groupe Accor, nous procédons à une analyse de l’industrie hôtelière, champ d’activité qui nous touche aujourd’hui par l’acquisition de Motel 6, et du microenvironnement de ces deux hôtels afin de bien connaître leurs atouts. Cette analyse permettra de cibler les moyens les plus adéquats afin d’assurer le succès de l’acquisition de Motel 6 par Accor. 1.1 Analyse de l’industrie de l’hôtellerie L’industrie hôtelière mondiale, qui encaisse un profit de 150 milliards de dollars US en 1990, est subdivisée en 3 trois catégories principales : hôtels de luxe, hôtels de milieu de gamme, hôtels/motels économiques (budgétaires). Tableau 1...
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...CSR practices: An Accor Hotel Group and Colgate-Palmolive Company review Student name: Lior David ZOLDAN YAHALOMI Student number: 302413 Class: G2 CSR practices: An Accor Hotel Group and Colgate-Palmolive Company review Student name: Lior David ZOLDAN YAHALOMI Student number: 302413 Class: G2 Statement of authorship I certify that this dissertation is my own work and contains no material, which has been accepted for the award of any degree or diploma in any institute, college or university. Moreover, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person, except where due reference is made in the text of the dissertation. Signed _________________________________________________ Date ___________________________________________________ Table of content 1. INTRODUCTION 3 2. CSR 4 2.1. Definition 4 3. History of the selected businesses 5 3.1. Accor Hotel Group 5 3.2. Colgate – Palmolive Company 5 4. CSR Practices 6 4.1. Accor Hotel Group 6 4.2. Colgate – Palmolive Company 7 5. Discussion 9 5.1. Accor Hotel Group 9 5.2. Colgate – Palmolive Company 12 6. Conclusion 15 7. REFERENCE LIST 16 INTRODUCTION Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a management initiative in which companies incorporate environmental and social issues into the relationships with stakeholders and also in their business processes. By implementing CSR practices, a...
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...GROUPE ACCOR Le groupe Accor est un groupe français, premier opérateur hôtelier mondial, devenu un leader incontestable en Europe et cela depuis sa présence dans les 92 pays dans le monde et avec près de 3 500 hôtels et 450 000 chambres. Avec plus de 160 000 collaborateurs sous son enseigne Accor et à travers le monde, le groupe met au service de ses clients et partenaires son savoir-faire et son expertise acquis depuis près de 45 ans. De 1967, date d’ouverture du premier Novotel à Lille Lesquin à aujourd’hui, c’est une formidable histoire qui commence. Rappelons que pour être Numéro 1 Monde dans un domaine, et dans ce cas là de l’hôtellerie, il faut que le groupe ait un véritable “bagage”, une multitude de marques et d’enseignes réparties dans le monde entier afin de représenter ses valeurs, ses politiques internes et externes (clients, services...). L’organisation tourne autour de leur Président Directeur Général, Denis Hennequin, lui même entouré par 17 exécutants entre le Conseil d’administration et le comité exécutif. I/ Etat des lieux fin 2012- début 2013: Constat général: * 183 millions de visites par an sur les sites différents de réservation Accor * Plus de 130 millions de repas servis par an * 1 réservation via les sites Internet de Accor toutes les 3 secondes dans le monde * Plus de 6 000 nouveaux membres Le Club Accorhotels par jour Un portefeuille de marques fortes pour un positionnement efficace et unique : Accor propose...
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...Two European Hotel Groups: Equity Analysis Table of Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Business Description ......................................................................................................................... 4 Industry Analysis ................................................................................................................................. 5 Current State of the Hospitality Industry ....................................................................... 5 Future of the Hospitality Industry ..................................................................................... 5 Financial Results in 2005 ................................................................................................................. 6 International Financial Reporting Standards ............................................................... 6 Accord ............................................................................................................................................ 7 NH Hotels .....................................................................................................................................
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...Table of Contents Number | Title | Page | 1 | Introduction | 2 | 2 | Case Study | 4 | 3 | Recommendations | 7 | 4 | Conclusion | 9 | 5 | References | 10 | Introduction The relationship and collaborations between a business, and also identifying how the chain of command runs through the different stages are defined by the organization structure. An organization normally will set up their company’s structure based on their own organizational function. Function and structure influence each other, even though the company does not apply it in their organization. That is why most of the companies are known as adopt functional structure in their organization. Specific functions are performed for this kind of groups of individuals in a structure. The function of a department will be different; this is because the employee will be separated based on their specialization. So that, each department managers are responsible to report their department’s performance to someone in higher position than them. There are common departments such as accounting, marketing, human resources and purchasing which are organized separately and this may the managers to manage their department independently. Character The characteristics of the functional structure known as deeper development of employees’ skills. The changes based on the surroundings or technology wise is known as slow. The level of the innovation is low and there is a limited view of organizational goals. Other than that...
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...front hotel in NewPlymouth is situated in the heart of the city and the only hotel which has a sea facing overview. Due to the strategic location the hotel is busy throughout the year hence to satisfy all the customers it’s critical to provide guest satisfaction. To provide an exceptional and personalized service it is very important that all the management positions must be filled by proper step by step procedures. The Front Office Manager has resigned due to some reasons hence there is a demand to prepare a recruitment plan which would make sure that there is right person with right skills in the right time.Since water front hotel is managed by accor group its of upmost importance that the department head should represent its culture,values,hotels mission and vision. Accor group was established in 1967 in lillle lesquin.till date accor has widened itself from one small hotel to 4,426 hotels in 92 countries.All this was possible because of a vision which was of one person and the same vision was understood and kept in mind from 100 employees to more than 180,000 employees at the moment.Accor was also awarded by many awards in many different countries. This report confines the recruitment plan for the Front Office Manager at waterfront. Recruiting someone to head a department is a very critical and complex procedure. Recruiting is a process of identifying and hiring the best-qualified candidate for a job vacancy in a most timely and cost effective manner. Recruitment plan must...
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...Table of contents: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................. 3 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................... 4 PROBLEM STATEMENT ................................................................................................................ 4 DATA ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................................... 4 MANAGERIAL CHALLENGES ....................................................................................................... 5 OWNER-OPERATOR RELATIONSHIP .................................................................................. 5 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ........................................................................................... 6 TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION. KEY CARDS ...................................................................... 8 QUALITY ......................................................................................................................................... 9 HOTEL LAYOUT ........................................................................................................................... 9 F&B FACILITIES ........................................................................................................................ 10 ANALYSYS OF ALTERNATIVES.......
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...sujet : Projet Welcome / métier de Welcomer : (partie à checker) Accor Pullman lancement du projet Welcome: Projet Welcome a été lancé par le groupe Accor date de fin 2012. Welcome est un projet qui s’inscrit dans la stratégie digitale du groupe Accor et qui vise à intégrer et à repenser la place du numérique tout au long du parcours client. Notamment Online Check in : Permet de faire son check in en ligne la veille de son arrivé et Fast Check out : le client à juste a déposer ses clefs à la réception sa facture lui sera envoyé par mail. C’est donc un service d’accueil numérique qui a pour but d’offrir une nouvelle expérience d’accueil pour le client : Plus fluide Accueillir le client Online Check in à un point d’accueil identifié, pour lui éviter de la file d’attente et/ou privilégier la mobilité des équipes pour aller au devant du client Plus conviviale « Etre » avec le client : privilégier le contact humain et visuel Plus personnalisée Reconnaître le client par un accueil personnalisé 92% des clients ayant testés ce service déclarent vouloir le réutiliser lors de leurs prochains séjours* Les files d’attente disparaissent progressivement et les hôteliers sont plus disponibles pour leurs clients. Ils peuvent se consacrer au cœur de leur métier d’hôte, leur passion. 40% des hôtels déployés ont d’ores et déjà vu disparaître la file d’attente du matin! * Statistiques Accor sur l’utilisation du service Source : http://www.accorhotels-group.c...
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